diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38f43491..51f6077b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 # local scripts
 *.sh
 !start.sh
-!scripts/*.sh
+scripts/*.sh
+!scripts/encoding.sh
 !docs/install/mud.sh
 !docs/install/vm/provisioning.sh
 
diff --git a/mudlib/.gitignore b/mudlib/.gitignore
index e7ebab2d..6dc13b02 100644
--- a/mudlib/.gitignore
+++ b/mudlib/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 /save/ventures/*.o
 !/save/ventures/ventures.o
 /save/issues/issues.o
+/save/games/*
 
 # tmp files
 /tmp/*